Re: Can you identify this "pole transformer" looking thing . . .????

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

Thanks Ed.  Maybe I should get one of those handbooks.  I wonder where i
could get one.  Be fun reading!
Yeah, I did see a good example of the fault power cycling on TV.  A hot air
balloon drifted into some power lines and there was huge arc but the power
shut-off.
A few seconds later, the power tried turning on again and this time blew the
basket right off the balloon.  It was on RealTV or something.

Dan



 >  > While driving, I often look above at the beautiful power lines and lust
over
 >  > all those huge pole transformers.
 >  > However, I noticed every once in awhile (maybe every half-mile), you'll
see
 >  > (3) giant capacitors (rectangular type) on the three-phase high voltage
 >  > which are obviously used for power factor correction on the lines but
it
 >  > looks like in parallel with each of the caps are (3) tiny pole
transformer
 >  > looking objects with two bushings out the top.  They are probably about
a
 >  > foot high each and about six inches
 >  > in diameter.  (Maybe a bit larger)  Anyone know what these are?  Are
they
 >  > perhaps another capacitor??
 >  >
 >  > The Captain
 >
 > Dan,
 >
 > They are most likely oil switches or reclosers that open  when an overload
 > fault occurs, reset
 > automatically from 1 to 4 times and then, if the fault persists, "lock
out"
 > permanently and must be
 > reset manually. That's why many times, at least out here in the country,
 > when the power goes out the
 > lights will go out and come back on two or three times before they go out
 > completely.
 >
 > A great source of information about this type of thing and other
 > "mysterious" equipment used by the
 > power companies is "The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook".
 >
 > Ed Wingate RATCB
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >